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Abstract:
Characteristics of final stages of carbohydrate metabolism in a cestode Eubothrium rugosum from the burbot intestine have been studied. It is found out that in the course of in vitro incubation the worms produce lactic acid to the environment with a concomitant acidification of the medium. The rate of pH changes and lactate production eventually fell during the incubation. The medium pH being the result of helminth's metabolism varies within the normal physiological limits of the host intestine pH and pH optima for its basic digestive enzymes.
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